Tragic self-inflicted death at Goshen hotel
Dewitt C. Clapp of Owasso left for Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. and shot himself at the Hattle Hotel Goshen noon May 3. He had shown despondency over missed orders, left a widow, and coroners inquest was scheduled. Knights Templar took charge of the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt Clapp
Owassa
Mich
Rockford Frame and Fixture Company
Lorenz Fetzer
Clapp
Dra. Whitmer
Tower
Beckiel
Tallet
Estey Furniture Company
Ovoaso
Hisanbeiss
Owosso
Knights Templar
Mra
Olapp
A Black Colony in Michigan’s Cass County
The article describes a large Black township in Calvin, Michigan near Cass County, eight miles north of the city. Descendants of 1849 abolitionist-era figures govern the community which holds Emancipation Day each August 1, numbers itself two to one over whites, runs offices and schools, handles post, and has produced wealthy residents and notable political majorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin
Casas County
Michigan
Bourbon County
Kentucky
Henry Olsy
United States
Negwraea
Cass County
Osnada
Soldiers' Addresses Wanted for 157th Regiment
Captain Graves seeks the addresses of all members of Company EH 157th regiment to forward to Adjutant General Gore for the request. Cyrus D. Roys of the city has been granted a pension of $12 per month for army disabilities. Roys is to be congratulated on his good fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Co. EH 157Th Regiment
Gore
Gc. D. Roys
Cyrus D. Roys
Roya Ia
Daylight Robbery At Noyes Carriage Works
A morning theft at Noyes carriage works led police to a home on 1613 South Main Street where a pair of tan shoes and $15 to $20 were taken. Officers chased two young men described as one slim light complexioned and the other dark and larger, last seen heading toward Goshen with contact in Yellow Creek and Middlebury, while Big Four railway staff were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes Carriage Works
Whiteman
Miller
James Keely
South Main Street
Danilaps
Yellow Creek
Goshen
Middlepury
Blunder Allows Suspected Robbers to Escape Police
A pair of colored suspects who robbed James Keely on South Main Street eluded capture after a wide search by Supt Braden and officers. Tracked from Yellow Creek to Goshen and Dunlaps, they were seen near Lake Shore camp and at the Eleventh street crossing but vanished before arrest. Police believe a misstep by the men saved them, with Braden’s team returning home as dusk settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keely
South Main Street
Braden
Miller
Whiteman
Kurtz
Mr. Keely
Big Four
Lake Shore Yard
Yellow Creek
Goshen
Dunlaps
Hikhart
Lake Shore Camp House
Eleventh Street
Lake Shore
Bristol
Osceola
Twin Branch
Walt
Ekhart
Runaway Colts Threaten Farmer in Elkhart Narrow Escape
Otho Newell, a young farmer from the city, narrowly escaped serious harm when a pair of spirited colts bolted a light carriage near the tissue paper mill in Northeast Elkhart. He was thrown, stunned, but recovered and followed the captured team as onlookers feared for his safety. The carriage was wrecked and both horses injured, one badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Newell
Elkhart
Mr. Newell
Dargon
Newell
Detectives Pursue Goshen Ticket Office Robbery Suspect
Lake Shore detectives, armed with a strong clue, intensify the probe into the Goshen ticket office attempt. Railway secret service teams are assisting, and officials expect swift progress and possible arrest updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Goshen
Railway Secret Service
Larceny arrests for rubber hose thefts in Middletown
John Monahas and Harry Pettit were jailed after being charged with larceny for stealing rubber hose from Henry Coleman at 901 South Second Street and from J. W. Schooley on Middlebury Street. The hose was sold to Brown's second hand store on West Jackson Street and recovered. They pleaded guilty before Judge Blake and were remanded to jail with a hearing set for 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Monahas
Harry Pettit
Henry Coleman
South Second Street
J. W. Schooley
Middlebury Street
Brown
West Jackson Street
Monshaw
Pettit
Monahan
Blake
Elkhart County Farm Report Details 123 Acres and Conditions
The Elkhart county farm spans 123 acres with 108 tillable, managed by a county employed superintendent. It includes a five acre garden and two acre orchard, a stock list of eight cattle seven cows five horses and fifty two swine. Buildings are brick in excellent repair with gas lighting steam heat and good ventilation. Inmates number thirty eight with some gender separation issues. Potatoes and apples are grown on site and reading material and occasional religious services are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Parm
State Board of Charities
Elkhart County Board
Nappanee Liquor License Applications Filed
H E Rosbrough and H H Gross of Nappanee filed liquor license applications yesterday afternoon. Remonstrances will be filed in both cases as residents continue the ongoing fight against liquor establishment in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Rosbrough
H. H. Gross
Sheriff Escorts Lady to Longcliff Asylum
Sheriff W O Elliott and his wife accompanied Mrs Alvilla A Stump to Longcliff asylum yesterday morning. She was taken from her Union township home to New Paris by relatives where the sheriff and his wife met them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longcliff
W. O. Elliott
Alvilla A. Stump
Longcliff Asylum
Union Township
New Paris
Enumeration Totals by Townships and Cities to County Superintendent
Enumeration totals for townships towns and cities as reported to County Superintendent Ellis are presented, alongside the 1899 totals. The data list jurisdictions with numbers indicating population figures and changes from prior years, reflecting local demographic distribution and growth patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
William H Holdeman thriving in St Paul estate work
Goshen Times notes William H Holdeman of Goshen enjoys a fine position in St Paul Minnesota managing an estate for a wealthy old school mate. He likes the place and Goshen friends are glad he is prospering. Byron B Brothers will not rebuild the New Paris grain elevator burned Wednesday due to poor wheat prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Goshen
William H. Holdeman
St. Paul
Minn
Holdeman
Byron B. Brothers
Paris
Bankruptcy Matters and Remedial Endorsements
There was a first meeting of creditors for A. A. Carpenter of Elkhart in Referee Lambert’s South Bend office. Carpenter’s assets totaled 105 dollars. The trustees filed final reports in Lorena Stoles’s bankruptcy case. An advertisement extols Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a Hartford druggist testimonial. Goshen city school enumeration and county tax figures are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Carpenter
Elkhart
Lambert
South Bend
Carpenter
Lorena Stoles
Inventors Granted Patents in Goshen and Elkhart
Indiana inventors including Charles F Back of Goshen receive a telephone indicator patent while Isaac M Warner assigns a wire stretcher patent and Frank A Borat of Auburn gains a tax and percentage computing device patent. Fainted at court house as farmers taxed. Emiline Hoover dies in Goshen after diabetes illness. Daniel Reed’s survivor and Jacob Maurer death noted. Goshen residents pursue Arkansas ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Charles F. Back
Goshen
Isaac M. Warner
J. A. Rice
Elkhart
Frank A. Borat
Auburn
Court House
Olive Township
Wearing Another's Clothes Sparks Nappanee Robbery Inquiry
Frank Swan and DeWitt Sails are suspected in a robbery at Nappanee after Swan wore Lafayette Long's new suit containing a watch and $12 before fleeing. Sails, Swan's partner, has also vanished. In Nappanee the school age population totals 659 with 339 males and 320 females, up slightly from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Swan
DeWitt Sails
Nappanee
Swan
Lafayette Long
Long
Sails
Saw Found in Jail as Guards Tighten Security
May 5 report notes cleaning at the city prison revealed a crude steel saw with telegraph wire handle hidden in cell two. Officials fear a jail delivery and plan stronger window protections and nightly guards to prevent outside items reaching inmates.
Bound Over for Larceny of Rubber Hose
Johno Monahan and Harry Pettit were found guilty of larceny after appearing before Judge Blake. Bond set at 100 dollars each, with the hose recovered and identified as sold by Brown. Pettit claimed intoxicated complicity while two hoboes allegedly directed them to the hose. The judge rendered a guilty verdict and they were transported to Goshen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johno Monahan
Harry Pettit
Blake
Untusk Yeaterday
Circuit Court
Second Street
Brown
Negroes Arrested In Early Morning Robbery Suspects
Officers Rinehart and Pierce rounded up two colored men near the Tenth street crossing in the Lake Shore yards on suspicion of robbing James Keely’s house. A freight train blocked pursuit, and later three more colored men were arrested in Goshen. One suspect named Charles Marshall from Springfield Illinois was identified by Ne. Euiza Criger for the theft. Two Goshen arrestees did not match descriptions and were released. the third matched identified features. A man named John Gocatin of Grand Rapids and Irving Lambert of Chicago gave names at arrest. One suspect carried an opium pipe and drugs. two suspects resemble the robbed parties. more investigation pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinehart and
Pierce
Tenth Street
West End
Lake Shore
James Keely
Wes
Rinehart
Goshen
Whiteman
Pettit
Monshan
Econoty
Charles Marshall
Springfield
Marshall
Joshen
Toledo
Cincinnati
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Ford
Indiana
Real Estate Transfers and Home Stain Removal Note
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds with buyers and sellers in Goshen Elkhart Middlebury Nappanee and Hilbert with prices from 1 to 4590 dollars plus a stain removal tip recommending blotting paper and a hot iron to lift grease stains from fabric or wallpaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Tillie Wines
Eixbart
Eliza Duker
Alto Annetta Johnio
Nappanee
Elies Harshbarger
Moses E Harshbarger
Middlebury
Landmark Building at 201 State Street To Be Torn Down
The one story frame building at 201 State street, built circa 1857 when Elkhart was a village, is being torn down. Owned by Fred Timmins, it is regarded by longtime residents as a landmark. Albert Bemniller lies dying at his home five miles north of Wakarusa after a horse kicked him months ago and a recent operation by Dr. Pierce of Qceola.
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Qld
State Street
Elkhart
Fred. Timmins
Albert Bemniller
Wakarusa
Pierce
Qceola
Lawsuit over 65 dollar note seeks 100 judgment
Ams Pegg of Millersburg sues Levey Rogers and Ww. B. Rogers on a note alleged to be for 65 dollars dated July 17, 1897. Roose and Lint represent the plaintiff. E. W. Rager Gosnen’s well known undertaker to return from Paris soon. Juday of Goaden injured when pig iron fell on his hand yesterday at a works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ams Pegg
Millersburg
Levey Rogers
Ww. B. Rogers
Roose & Lint
E. W. Rager
Gosnen
Paris
Europe
David Juday
Goaden
Yoder Robbery Case Stirs Goshen Investigation
Bert Yoder, about 20, was robbed of 885 in Goshen last night after a visit to a young woman. He is dazed with a head bruise and refuses to discuss details. police investigate while his brother upholds silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birt Yoder
Goshen
Yoder
Warren Hill & Co
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Dewitt C. Clapp
Hattle Hotel
Zoshen
Daylight Robbery
John Monahan
Bango
Benton
Concord
Clinton
Cleveland
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Locke
Olive
Sn Aeest
Osoio
Union
Washington To
York
Bristol Corporation
Middleburg Corporation
Millersburg Corporation
Nappanee Corporation
Elkhart City
Ren Eees
Chamberlain
Drauggist
A. W. Sawtelle
Hartford
Conn
A. O. Rowe
Woun
Emiline Hoover
Elkhart County
Daniel Reed
Jacob Maurer
Mennonite
Clinton Township
Arkansas
Flor
Keely
John Santaschi
Jacob M
Jay D Palmer
Romlia J Eyman
William & Hartranft
Romlia J Eymanc
Hilbert
William R Hartranft
Daniel
Gressy
Bert Yoder
County Board of Charities
Miro
John Quook
Berkey
H. A. Barber
A. Barber
Mishawake
County Tressurer Wood
Fletcher ‘“Ibvius
Tipton County
LaPorte
Olsde Guoert
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